Older populations are scoring better on cognitive tests than people of the same age did in the past —a trend that could be linked to higher education rates and increased use of technology in our daily lives, say IIASA population researchers. More

IIASA now provides a new visualization tool for presenting population projections by age, sex, and level of educational attainment for the world, world regions, and 195 countries, with a time horizon to 2060. More

Faster increases in life expectancy reflect a process in which people become healthier, generally more capable, and indeed younger in many ways even if they have lived longer lives, according to population experts at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA). More